Trek vs UAE: It's time to focus on the team classification | Stage 10 Tour de France

About this episode

Alex and Max discuss the dynamics of the team classification in the Tour de France, focusing on Trek and UAE amidst various race incidents.

Rest day brought its own chaos — a rogue podcast drop, hotel horror stories, and Alex's mountaintop stakeout for a Plappy stage win that never came. Back racing, Bastille Day delivered exactly the kind of Pogačar dominance we've come to expect, but Alex and Max dig into the smaller battles hiding underneath it. In this episode: Why watching UAE control the whole day live felt different to watching it on TV Remco vs Lipowitz: the leadout that wasn't, and what it means for Red Bull's team chemistry Pidcock and Chris Harper's crash, and Pidcock's baffling "I hate GC" energy despite sitting in the top 10 The genuinely underrated Teams Classification battle brewing between Trek and UAE Rest day admin update: prize winners, voice notes incoming, and a very honest confession about spreadsheets Welcoming new partner Knog lights to the show Stage 11 preview: the sprinters' first real shot since the mountains, into Nevers Tonight's prize: another Quad Lock voucher up for grabs

People in this episode

Host: Alex Clements

Topics covered

• Team Classification
• Tour de France
• Cycling
• Race Analysis
• Crash Incidents
• Sponsorship
• Stage Previews

Keywords

• Tour de France
• Trek
• UAE
• Pogačar
• Pidcock
• Team Classification
• Cycling Analysis
• Stage Preview
• Crash
• Sponsorship

Sponsors

Knog

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Bull, Trek, UAE

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